The Institute of Medicine released a new addition in a series of reports on patient safety, according to MedCity News.
Here are three key points:
1. This report, titled "Diagnostic Error in Health Care," is the fourth edition in the Quality Chasm series.
2. The report joins "To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System," "Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century" and "Preventing Medication Errors."
3. Some people speculate that the new report will reveal an increased number of preventable deaths in hospitals, due to the inclusion of delays in diagnosis errors.
